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WILLIAM HENRY GREEN", OF THE DALLES, OREGON.

TARGET.

Application filed September 15, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. GREEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at The Dalles, in the county of Wasco and State of Oregon, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Targets, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

This invention relates to improvements in targets of that class used inshooting galleries.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical deviceof this character having constantly moving target figures which willdrop when hit and which will be automatically restored to their uprightposition.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of thenovel features of construction and the combination and arrangement ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the improvedtarget device; Fig. 2 is an end view; Fig. 3 is a front elevation; Figs.4 and 5 are enlarged end and rear views of one of the pivoted targetfigures and its co-acting parts; Fig. 6 is a detail plan view of aportion of the frame showing the cam for restoring the pivoted targetfigures to upright position; Fig. 7 is a detail end view of the partsshown in Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is a detail section taken on the plane indicatedby the line 8-8 in Fig. 6; Fig. 9 is a rear elevation of another kind oftarget figure; Fig. 10 is an enlarged plan view of the parts shown inFig. 9; Fig. 11 is an enlarged end view of the same; Fig. 12 is a rearview of another formof target figure; Figs. 13 and 14 are detailsectional views taken on the planes indicated by the lines 1313 and 1414in Fig. 12; and Fig. 15 is an enlarged rear view of the trigger or catchshown in Fig. 13.

The invention comprises a suitable frame 1 for supporting one or moreendless belts 2" which carry pivotally mounted target figures 3. Theframe 1 preferably consists of two end bars 4 united by pairs oflongitudinal bars 5, 6 and also by crossed diagonal braces v6'. At thefront of the frame is preferably arranged an upright plate 7 which hidesfrom view the major portion of the frame 1 and on which may be arranged,if desired, the usual stationary circular targets 8. Atthe rear of theframe is an up- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

Serial No. 517,881.

right back plate 9 of greater height that the front plate.

In the present embodiment of the invention I have shown three of theendless belts 2 and they are preferably so driven that the intermediateone will travel in a direction opposite to that of the front and rearbelts, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1. Each of these belts is inthe form of a sprocket chain which passes around sprocket wheels 10, 11arranged on two transverse. or end shafts 12, 13. These shafts arejournaled in U-shaped bearings 14 attached by means of U-bolts or clips15 to the downwardly offset projecting ends 16 of the longitudinal bars6, as shown more clearly in Figs. 7 and 8 of the drawings. The shaft 12has fixed to it a beveled gear 17 which meshes with a similar gear orpinion 18 on a main drive shaft 19. The gear 17 also meshes with abeveled gear or pinion 20 on a longitudinal connecting shaft 21, theother end of which is connected to the shaft 13 by beveled gears 22. Byreason of this gearlng and by making the sprocket wheel 11 for theintermediate belt or chain 2 loose on the shaft 13 and the sprocketwheels 10 for the front and rear chains loose on the shaft 12, it willbe seen that the chains will be actuated in the directions indicated bythe arrows in Fig. 1.

The target figures 3 may be shaped to re semble birds, animals, ordinarycircular targets, etc. and each is in the form of a plate having securedto its rear by means of a bolt or similar fastening 23 a two-part hangerarm 24, as shown more clearly in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings. Thehanger 24 consists of two angular plates, the upper ends of which areheld together against the rear face of the target figure or plate 3 bymeans of the bolt 23 and the lower ends of which are shaped to provideopposing pivot receiving seats 25 which receive as a pivot the sideportion of one of the links of the chain 2. The hanger is so shaped andproportioned that when the target figure 3 is swung to an uprightposition its bottom edge will rest upon the opposing side portion oft-hechain link, as shown in Fig. 4, and when said target figure is struck bya bullet the impact will throw the figure rearwardly to a substantiallyhorizontal position upon one of the longitudinal bars 6, which latterwill support it as it moves across the frame. The upper stretch of eachof the chains 2 travels over the horizontal portion of one of thelongitudinal bars 5, which latter are preferably of angular shape incross section so that their upstanding flanges 26 will partially hidethe target fig ures 3 when the latter are upright and wholly hide themwhen they are knocked down. For the purpose of restoring the targetfigures 3 to their upright positions as they are brought above the bars5, elevating cams 27 are provided. The latter are in the form ofsuitably curved metal straps having straight inner ends secured tocertain of the offset ends 16 of the bar 6 by the U-bolts 15 and havingtheir free ends curved longitudinally and extending beyond said ends 16and forwardly over the ends of the bars 5 so that they will be in thepath of the target figures 3 as the latter pass around the sprocketwheels and will elevate the same to upright position.

28 denotes a stationary target figure preferably in the form of a horseand secured by a U-shaped bracket 29 to the front face of the rear plate9. Formed in this figure at approximately the position of the vitalorgans of the animal is an opening or bulls eye 30, in rear of which isa pivoted catch plate 31 adapted to be struck by a bullet passingthrough the opening 30. The catch, 31 has a beveled end to engage abeveled keeper lug 32 upon the rear face of the plate 28 and its otherend is bent upon itself to provide a pivot eye which receives a pivotbolt 33 arranged in opposing bearing ears 34 formed on an indicatorplate 35. The latter has one of its ends pivoted at 36 to the rear faceof the target 28 and its other end 37 is shaped to resemble the body andhead of a horseback rider. This indicator figure 37 is held inhorizontal retracted position shown in Fig. 9 by means of the catch 31but when the latter is struck by a bullet and released from the keeperlug 32 a coil spring 38 attached to said latch swings the indicator fire 37 on the pivot 36 to an upright position so that the figure or riderappears above the horse. A retracting or resetting cord 39 is attachedto the plate 35 and may pass around suitable guides and from thence tothe front end of the shooting gallery so that the indicator may belowered to its retracted position.

40, 41 denote two target figures preferably shaped to resemble a rabbitand dog and slidably mounted upon the ends of a constantly rotatablemember or bar 42 which is mounted at its center on a horizontal shaft 43so arranged in the rear plate 9 that said target figures 40, 41 mayappear above the upper edge of said plate when said figures are heldupon the extremities of said bar and the latter is rotated. The ends ofthe bar 42 are formed with guide slots 44 to receive bolts 45, whichlatter connect the target plates 40, 41 to angle plates 46. The latterare united by a pivot bolt 47 to a swinging catch plate 48, which'latterhas a catch or trigger projection 49 to engage a keeper notch 50 in theedge of one end of the bar 42. Said catch plate 48 is also provided witha portion or plate 51 disposed in rear of an opening or bulls eye 52formed in one of the target figures. Coil springs 53 connect theinnermost angle plates 46 of the slides to the hub of a sprocket wheel54 rotatable on the shaft 43 and connected by a sprocket chain 55 to asprocket wheel 56 fixed to the shaft 13. When the target figures 40, 41are moved outwardly on the ends of the bars 42, the springs 53 will bestretched and said figures may be retained in said projected posit-ionby engaging the catch projections 49 with the notches 50. lVhen thetarget figures are in this position they will appear above the upperedge of the plate 9 as the bar 42 rotates and when a bullet passesthrough one of the openings 52 and retracts the catch 48 the spring 53which is connected to said figure will retract it so that it will not beexposed to view during the rotation of the bar 42.

Having thus described the invention whatis claimed is:

1. In a target, the combination of asupport, a pivot or shaft, arotatably mounted bar upon the latter, target figures slidably arrangedon the ends of said bar and having openings, catches disposed in rear ofsaid openings and adapted to hold the figures in projected position onthe extremities of said bar, springs for retracting said target figureswhen released by the catches and means for rotating said bar.

2. In a target, the combination of a support, a shielding member, arotary member, a target mounted for radial sliding move ment in saidmember, a spring for drawing the target inwardly, and a catch forholding the target on the outer portion of said member and against thetension of said spring whereby the target will project beyond saidshielding member when the rotary member is rotated, said catch beingadapted to be released by a bullet.

3. In a target, the combination of a rotatably mounted bar formed with alongitudinal slot and a keeper notch adjacent thereto, a target formedwith an opening and having means slidably arranged in the slot in saidbar, a swinging catch pivotally connected to the target and having aportion to engage said keeper notch, and a portion disposed in rear ofthe opening in said target, a coil spring connected to the target formoving it inwardly on the bar, and means for rotating said bar. 7

4. In a target, the combination of a frame having a longitudinal bar, asprocket chain composed of pivotally connected rectangular links andhaving its upper stretch traveling over and supported by saidlongitudinal bar, guiding and driving means for said chain, a swingingtarget plate, a hanger for said target plate consisting of two angularstraps formed at one end with opposing bearing recesses to receive theside bar of one of the links of the chain whereby the hanger may swingfrom the same, a fastening uniting the opposite ends of the hangerstraps to the rear of the target plate whereby the lower edge of saidplate Will engage and be supported by the other side bar of the saidchain link, and a cam adjacent one end of said longitudinal bar of theframe for swinging the target plate to an upright position as the upperstretch of the chain passes on to said bar.

5. In a target, the combination with a frame composed of pairs oflongitudinal bars united by cross bars, the latter being arrangedadjacent the ends of the longitudinal bars, the front bar of each ofsaid pairs being of right angular shape in cross section and having avertically disposed flange and a rearwardly projecting horizontalflange, the latter being formed at its ends with notches, the rear barof each of said pairs having its ends downwardly offset, U-shaped boltsin said downwardly offset ends of the rear bar of each pair, U-shapedbearing straps in said bolts, shafts rotatably mounted in said bearingstraps, cam members secured by said U-shaped bolts on the offset ends ofthe rear bars of said pairs, sprocket wheels fixed to said shafts anddisposed in the recessed ends of the angle metal front bars, a sprocketchain passed around plate formed with an opening, a beveled keeper lugon said plate adjacent the opening, a swinging member formed from ametal strap bent into rectangular shape and having one end formed with apair of oppositely disposed ears and an intermediate ear pivoted to saidtarget plate, the free end of said swinging member being extended andshaped to provide an indicating figure adapted to swing above saidtarget plate, a pivot in said opposing ears on the swinging member, alatch plate mounted on said pivot to swing toward and from the targetplate and having an angular free end adapted to en gage said beveledkeeper lug, a coil spring having one end anchored on the target plate,and its other end attached to said latch, whereby the latter will beswung toward the target plate, and the swinging member will be swungupwardly on its pivot to dispose the indicating figure above the targetplate, and a resetting cord attached to said swinging member.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

WILLIAM HENRY GREEN.

IVitnesses:

S. BOLTON, L. B. Fox.

